Steve, I successfully used a HF vertical to operate the RS satellites. A couple years ago when AO-7 would occasionally go into the V/a mode I could copy the 10 meter downlink but it was very week on the vertical I have today.
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On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 4:55:25 PM PDT, AI9IN via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Did RS-12/13 require a directional antenna on uplink and/or downlink? Anybody want to speculate on what will be needed for these new HF sats?
Steve AI9IN
On 2019-04-10 7:27 pm, Ray Soifer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
IARU has coordinated two Chinese satellites, expected to be launched later this year, which will carry 15-to-10-meter linear transponders. If successful, these will be the first use of 15 meters for a satellite uplink since RS-12/13 went silent in 2002. Operation of the earlier RS birds enabled much DX to be worked on otherwise dead bands. More info to follow. As a reminder, DX worked via satellite counts for Satellite DXCC, but not for other DXCC awards.
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